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si ti ifi omo ewure kdq fu mi ki 6 fi bd awoq ore mi ^e driya. 



and hast yioen child of goat one to me that it make with them friend my to-make merriment. 



Sugboi) l)i omo re yi si ti de, eiii ti 6 fi kpaiisaga riiq oro re, iwo 



But as child thy this and has co7ne, one who he made adultery destroy wealth thy, thou 



si ti kpa eglwro malii abokpa fu u. O si wi fu ii kp6, Omo 



and hast killed younr/-one of cow fatted -to-kill for him. He and said to him to-wit, Child 



titi ni iwo mbe lodo mi; oliuq gbogbo ti mo iii ti re ui i^e. (3 ye 



continually it-is thou art with me; thing all which I have of thee it-is is. It is-fit 



ki d ma se driya : nitori ti abiiro i-e yi ti kii, 6 si toq ye ; 6 si 



that we may do merriment: because that younger-brother thy this had died, he and again lives ; he and 



ti no, d si ri i. 



had been-lost, toe and see him. 



THE LOKD'S PRAYER. 



Babd wa ti mb^ 11 oka orui), owo 11 oruko re, idzoba re de; Ife ti r^. 



Father our who art in above heaven ; honor be name thy, reign thy come, toill of thee 



ni ki d se 11 aiye, bi ti oke ornq ; fu wa li ondze odi^o wa li oni ; darl 



be that we do in earth, as above heaven ; give us have food of day our in to-day ; forgive 



igbese wa dzi wa, bi awa ti qdarid^i awoq onigbese wa ; mdli si fd wa 



debt our from us, as we are-forgiving them debtor our; not and lead us 



SI ino idewo, sugboq gbd wa ni in6 tulasiq. Amiq. 



to within temjitation, but deliver us in within distress. Amen. 



